Darfield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Wombwell with Hemingfield, Wombwell, Tyers Hill, Mill House, Little Houghton, Heningfield, Great Houghton, Edwardthorpe, and Billingley.
Riding: West Riding
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1628
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Presbyterian, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Reform.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
DARFIELD, a village, a township, and a sub-district, in Barnsley district, and a parish partly also in Hemsworth district, W. R. Yorkshire.
The village stands on the slope of a hill at the river Dearne, near the Dearne and Dove canal, and the North Midland railway, 5 miles ESE of Barnsley; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Barnsley.
The township includes also the village of Mill House, and the hamlets of Edwardthorpe and Tyers-Hill. Acres, 1,862. Real property, £5,137. Pop., 746. Houses, 163.
The parish contains likewise the townships of Billingley, Wombwell, Worsbrough, Ardsley, Great Houghton, and Little Houghton. Acres, 13,367. Real property, £76,701; of which £40,111 are in mines, £460 in quarries, and £960 in gas-works. Pop., 12,231. Houses, 2,393. The property is much subdivided. Weaving, iron-working, and other branches of industry are carried on.
The living is two-fold, a rectory and a vicarage, in the diocese of York. Value of the rectory, £1, 500; of the vicarage, £220. Patron of the r., the Rev. Henry Cooke; of the v., Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is early English, restored in 1849.
The vicarages of St. Thomas and Ardsley, the rectory of Wombwell, and the p. curacy of Worsbrough are separate benefices. Value of St. T., £113.
There are nine dissenting chapels, six public schools, four alms-houses, and other charities £71.
The sub-district contains three townships of Darfield, and one of Wath-upon-Dearne. Acres, 8,292. Pop., 10,028. Houses, 1,875.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Paver’s Marriage Licences
It would appear that a good many licences were never used. So genealogists should exercise a little care in their acceptance of the licenses.
1630 Richard Oakes and Elizabeth Wentworth, widow, Darfield—there.
Source: The Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series Vol XL for the Year 1908; Edited by John WM. Clay, F.S.A., Vice-President of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society; Printed for the Society 1909.
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Yorkshire, Darfield – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, Darfield, Yorkshire, England
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. British Mission. Genealogical Board
England, Yorkshire, Darfield – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Darfield, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Yorkshire, Darfield – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
Barnsley Family History Society index to 1851 census : vol. 9, Darfield with Great Houghton, Little Houghton and Billingley
Author: Barnsley Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, Darfield – Church records ( 13 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Ardsley, 1842-1860
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Ardsley (Yorkshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Darfield, 1598-1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Darfield (Yorkshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for St. Mary’s Church, Worsbrough, 1600-1862
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Worsbrough, Yorkshire)
Darfield All Saints : baptisms 1598 to 1939, burials 1598 to 1900, marriage index 1750 to 1837 and more–
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, Ardsley, parish registers, 1839-1934
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Ardsley (Yorkshire); Doncaster Council Archives (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute
England, Yorkshire, Darfield, parish registers, 1628-1941
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Darfield (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute
England, Yorkshire, Worsbrough Bridge, St. James, parish registers, 1907-1941
Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ and St. James’ Church (Worsbrough, Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute
England, Yorkshire, Worsbrough Dale, St. Thomas, parish registers, 1859-1947
Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ and St. James’ Church (Worsbrough, Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute
Parish register transcripts, 1598-1854
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Darfield (Yorkshire)
Parish register transcripts, 1864-1893
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Wombwell
Parish registers for St. Thomas’ Church, Worsbrough, 1859-1914
Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ and St. James’ Church (Worsbrough, Yorkshire)
The parish registers of Darfield, Yorkshire (West Riding) : baptisms1598-1855, marriages 1598-1850, burials 1598-1846
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Darfield (Yorkshire); Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Parish Register Section; Lonsdale, A. M.
Parish registers of Worsbrough, 1559-1922
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Worsbrough, Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Darfield – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Ardsley by Barnsley, Yorks., Eng
Computer printout of Darfield, Yorks., Eng
Computer printout of Worsborough, Yorks., Eng
England, Yorkshire, Darfield – Taxation ( 9 )
Darfield rate book : 1st August 1843 – 4th November 1846
Author: Barnsley Family History Society
Land tax assessments for Ardsley township, 1782-1828
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments for Billingley township, 1784-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments for Darfield township, 1784-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments for Great Houghton township, 1784-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments for Little Houghton township, 1784-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments for Wombwell township, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments for Worsbrough township, 1784-1830
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments, Darfield, 1801-1900
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Barnsley
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: Doncaster
- Poor Law Union: Barnsley
- Hundred: Strafforth and Tickhill; Staincross
- Province: York
